Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
wide of the off stump and left alone

50.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
short of a length and it's cut into the covers. Well stopped

50.3

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
turned square with a flick of the wrists

Richard Brice has emailed to say hello. "Lucky John," he says. "I'm watching on the internet, in the Bay of Bengal, on an oil rig and stone cold sober." We do get a lot of people on oil rigs. Hello to you all.

50.4

Sidebottom to Silva,
no run,
good one on middle stump which is firmly blocked out

Sidebottom's going around the wicket. No he's not.

50.5

Sidebottom to Silva,
no run,
on the off stump, Silva is forward and defending

50.6

Sidebottom to Silva,
no run,
he goes for a drive, but with rather concreted feet and can't time it

End of over 51 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 135/3

LPC Silva0 (21b)

DPMD Jayawardene48 (115b 6x4)

RJ Sidebottom14-4-32-1

SJ Harmison11-2-25-2

Harmison is around the wicket

51.1

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
very wide of the off stump. Harmy of yore, there

Glory days. Remember those? We haven't seen too many 'army 'orribles this series

Two slips and a gully

51.2

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
back and across from Jayawardene, defending on the back foot

Groundstaff are lurking on the boundary edge. It still looks ok to me, but it could "turn" rather quickly

51.3

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
wide enough to be left alone, and so he does

51.4

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
turned off his hip, aerially, to Sidebottom at fine-leg. Nasty delivery - this has been a very impressive day from Harmison

Back over the wicket

51.5

Harmison to Silva,
no run,
left alone on length alone, but a good line from Harmison

51.6

Harmison to Silva,
no run,
short and wild, a bouncer but a little too straight

End of over 52 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 136/3

LPC Silva0 (23b)

DPMD Jayawardene49 (119b 6x4)

SJ Harmison12-2-26-2

RJ Sidebottom14-4-32-1

52.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
left alone outside off

52.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 leg bye,
ooh nudged to leg off the pad - very close to being trapped lbw

52.3

Sidebottom to Silva,
1 run,
turned off his pads down to Harmison at fine leg

52.4

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
Jayawardene adjusts late to defend this off the back foot. Very well bowled

52.5

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
on off stump. Jayawardene is compactly forward and defending

Harmison to Silva,
OUT,
fantastic delivery! Silva came forward a little tentatively, pushing at it meekly, and with the extra bounce from Harmison the ball flew off a thick edge to Bell at first slip who took a simple catch

LPC Silva c Bell b Harmison 1 (36m 26b 0x4 0x6) SR: 3.84

That was top-class bowling from Harmison and richly deserved

Here's Dilshan returning to Test cricket

53.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 run,
ooh good start from Harmison, fired into the stump and he jabs down on it

53.4

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
ooh close! Almost caught and bowled there as Jayawardene was too early on the drive, mistiming it back to Harmison but it fell short

53.5

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
touch too short and wide, left alone

53.6

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
squeezed out past gully for his fifty

31st Test fifty

End of over 54 (2 runs)
Sri Lanka 140/4

DPMD Jayawardene50 (127b 6x4)

TM Dilshan1 (1b)

SJ Harmison13-2-28-3

RJ Sidebottom15-4-33-1

Monty into the attack. It's looking increasingly gloomy out there

54.1

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed back to the bowler

54.2

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
too short, too wide and cut

54.3

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
tossed up on leg stump, Dilshan goes inside out to drive

54.4

Panesar to Dilshan,
FOUR,
shot. Far too short and wide and Dilshan rocks back to cut this hard for four

54.5

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
pushed out to cover

54.6

Panesar to Dilshan,
2 runs,
threaded through the covers

The umpires offer the batsmen the light, and they take it. An excellent mini session for England, largely thanks to a terrific spell from Steve Harmison who finished the day with 3 for 28. It was a lively first session with England being denied a couple of wickets, but were handed two rather fortunate ones owing to dubious decisions. However, Mahela Jayawardene stood in England's way with his 31st Test fifty - and England will be desperate to remove him early tomorrow morning. That's all from me, so do join us tomorrow for the second day's play. Until then, it's a very goodnight.

End of over 55 (7 runs)
Sri Lanka 147/4

TM Dilshan7 (5b 1x4)

DPMD Jayawardene51 (129b 6x4)

MS Panesar11-1-25-0

SJ Harmison13-2-28-3

11.00am And so it is time, at a cloudy Galle, for play to take place on the second day. It's a real surprise that there's any play at all, nevermind that we've only lost an hour, given the heaviness of the overnight rain. The Barmy Army are already off with Jerusalem as Steve Harmison prepares to bowl on this green and pleasant track. That nearly worked.

10.50am OK, we're ever so close to the start now, so thanks for patience. Normal service will resume as soon as possible. Just to keep you in the loop re: the chairs, they are finally being put to use. "Both teams, lots of extras, high excitement," notes Andrew. "What a sp;endid photo." So that's the end of that at last, thank goodness. The cricket can't come soon enough!

10.35am Still pretty nasty weather around and about the ground. Not like yesterday at all.

10.25am Chairwatch: "Those chairs are still there," says Andrew, justifying his air fare in five little words. "Doing nothing of note, but they are very neatly lined up." We're nothing if not thorough.

10.20am If we were a TV company, which we're not (well, in micro, we are of course owned by ESPN), then now would be timely to give you replays of yesterday's play. Instead I'll offer you this.

10.15am We're still a little way off the start so here's something to chew over regarding the proposed day-night Tests.

9.50am News just in. We will start at 11am, so that's just over an hour from now. I've got Gilchrist battering England in the Ashes at Perth last year blasting out of the tv to keep me happy. But it's about keeping you happy, of course. If you hang in there, I'll find you some fun links.

9.45am Here's Andrew again: "And now they are bringing more chairs. It's all happening out there this morning. Meanwhile, the umpires have inspected and are wandering back to the pavilion. Brace for update." Bracing.

9.30am 15 minutes to the inspection, folks, and they're taking the nets down on the practice strip, so there's movement of some sort, and the right kind, too, which always helps. And "ooh, a development," oohs Andrew. "Lots of chairs on the outfield. I think there's going to be a team photo or something."

9.15am Greetings everyone and welcome to coverage from the second day at Galle where England need a victory to draw the series. Unfortunately for them, and the crowds, their efforts will be delayed by a wet track following a monstrous storm overnight. An inspection's due in half an hour, but play won't get underway until 10.30 at the earliest.

It's the second successive day that play hasn't started on time but when it does resume - and I, Jenny Thompson, will let you know soonest when that shall be - Sri Lanka find themselves on 147 for 4 courtesy of Steve Harmison's late strikes yesterday evening.

Andrew Miller's shaken off the rain, pulled down his umbrella - it's not raining anymore - and he tells us this: "My hotel room managed to get flooded even though the doors and windows were shut! The wind blew it through the keyhole, I think." Andrew rarely uses an exclamation mark, so when he does you know it's pretty dramatic!

So, back to the match! "It's looking pretty good all things considered," Andrew continues and he means the pitch not his hotel room, "and the teams are again keen to get out there, which is good. They've been practising out on the square." Encouraging signs indeed.

I'll let you nip off for a quick cuppa now as long as you promise to return shortly when we'll have more updates for you.

55.1

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
strays down leg first up, "Catch it" comes a useful cry from close in, as Prior jumps to his left to take the ball

55.2

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
cuts back in from outside off, threatening to cut Jayawardene in half, it's just outside so any shout would have been turned down

55.3

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
a tip-and-run into the covers this time

55.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
cut in a touch again, Dilshan dealing with his first ball of the day comfortably

55.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
shoulders arms as that one whizzes through outside off

55.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
pushed off the back foot straight to the man at cover

Sidebottom opening up at the other end, with the ball... not his emotions. He looks pretty cheerful as he's readying to offer something to Jayawardene

End of over 56 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 148/4

TM Dilshan7 (8b 1x4)

DPMD Jayawardene52 (132b 6x4)

SJ Harmison14-2-29-3

MS Panesar11-1-25-0

56.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed across the right hander, with a wide enough angle to leave

56.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
tucked into the leg side for a comfortable single

56.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
straightens to the right hander, who defends down straight

56.4

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
ooh, offers a tough chance to Cook at gully, but a chance nevertheless, the batsman outside-edging a drive towards cover

56.5

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
defended this time

A second gully comes in

56.6

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
FOUR,
down leg and pulled away through fine, not quite bowling to his field, there

End of over 57 (5 runs)
Sri Lanka 153/4

TM Dilshan11 (12b 2x4)

DPMD Jayawardene53 (134b 6x4)

RJ Sidebottom16-4-38-1

SJ Harmison14-2-29-3

57.1

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
nipped in a touch off a length, rising too, down the channel

57.2

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
nudged off the gloves down leg, Prior with a good diving stop

Cook's hands are on Cook's hips, presumably still rueing his slip

57.3

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
some climb, fended down off the back foot

57.4

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
squares up behind that one which went ramrod straight

57.5

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
comes back in at him from outside off, played down without fuss

57.6

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed back towards the bowler

Lots of the crowd wearing Santa hats which is perhaps a touch previous. Some groundstaff, without hats, run into the middle to apply the sawdust on the front crease where Sidebottom's front foot has been landing. "How many men does it take to put sawdust on the footholes? Six apparently," quips Miller. A bizarre word when you think about it, quip. Here's Sidebottom

End of over 58 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 153/4

DPMD Jayawardene53 (140b 6x4)

TM Dilshan11 (12b 2x4)

SJ Harmison15-3-29-3

RJ Sidebottom16-4-38-1

58.1

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
defended on the front foot

58.2

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
FOUR,
driven uppishly, backward of point, the edge not going where he intended it and was just short of giving a chance

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
a wideish delivery down off, not called wide, mind, even though Prior caught it in front of first slip

60.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
much straighter, and a decent offering outside off

60.3

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
outside off again, pushed to the covers this time

60.4

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
outside off, Jayawardene launches into a would-be booming drive but is just a fraction too late on it, his bottom hand leaping up through the mistiming, the ball seeking out the cover fielder

60.5

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
defended on the back foot, another rock solid shot

60.6

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
driven straight to cover again

End of over 61 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 163/4

DPMD Jayawardene53 (151b 6x4)

TM Dilshan16 (19b 3x4)

RJ Sidebottom18-5-43-1

SJ Harmison16-3-33-3

61.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
defended on the front foot this time

61.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
good carry through from a length delivery outside off, the batsman content to leave well alone

61.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
4 runs,
shocker of a misfield from Vaughan, never the best fielder, a sloppy effort at mid-on, aiming wide of the stumps and the ball runs on for overthrows

61.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
hostile from Harmison, possibly taking out the frustration of the last ball, the ball bouncing through straight and the batsman nearly ducks into it

61.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off

61.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
driven into the covers, shouts of "No, no, no" providing a clue

Incidentally, rain's forecast for tomorrow as well, which will please Sri Lanka but not England

End of over 62 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 167/4

TM Dilshan20 (25b 3x4)

DPMD Jayawardene53 (151b 6x4)

SJ Harmison17-3-37-3

RJ Sidebottom18-5-43-1

62.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed across the right hander

62.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
3 runs,
cut down wide of third man

62.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
pushed past the right hander, the ball keeping tight and pretty high, the batsman shouldering arms

62.4

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
hint of swing across the right hander

62.5

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
orthodox swing down leg, Prior diving well to pick up the delivery, Sidebottom gradually getting more swing

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
bounces up and seems to follow Jayawardene into his rib cage

65.3

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed on to the back foot

65.4

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
found his edge again, the batsman pushing away from his body and the edge just not carrying through to Bell at slip

Hoggard causing Jayawardene all sorts of problems this over

65.5

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
swing away this time, Jayawardene content to leave that one

65.6

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
FOUR,
pulled down just a touch short, but Jayawardene does not miss out, easing the pressure that time with a forceful drive through cover to bring up the first boundary of the morning

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
FOUR,
another chance goes begging, Hoggard is furious, the batsman opening the face and offering a slide-and-dive catch to Prior's right

72.6

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed right up there, defended forward in front of him

Will's very excited. Nothing new there, but this time he's excited because of three t-shirts our good friends at NippleCripple have sent us. Plastered on them are Richie Benaud, Tony Greig and Bill Lawry - a triplet of winners and firm favourites of Cricinfo. They are quite brilliant, Will says - the perfect Christmas present for anyone who likes Billy Birmingham's 12th man tapes. Will does a particularly superb impression of all three of them and, indeed, if any radio producers are looking for a voiceover artist you ought to contact him immediately.

End of over 73 (6 runs)
Sri Lanka 204/4

DPMD Jayawardene70 (190b 8x4)

TM Dilshan39 (53b 6x4)

MJ Hoggard17-3-67-0

PD Collingwood2-1-6-0

73.1

Collingwood to Dilshan,
no run,
defended forward

73.2

Collingwood to Dilshan,
no run,
more defence

73.3

Collingwood to Dilshan,
1 run,
pushed into the covers this time

73.4

Collingwood to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
driven into the covers now

73.5

Collingwood to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
turned into short midwicket

73.6

Collingwood to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
left alone outside off

End of over 74 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 205/4

DPMD Jayawardene70 (193b 8x4)

TM Dilshan40 (56b 6x4)

PD Collingwood3-1-7-0

MJ Hoggard17-3-67-0

74.1

Hoggard to Dilshan,
1 run,
strides forward to drive to cover

74.2

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
on leg, driven to midwicket where it's picked up well with a low hand

74.3

Hoggard to Dilshan,
FOUR,
slower delivery, driven well on the up through extra cover and mid-off

74.4

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off this time, good ball, tempting the batsman into the drive

74.5

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
swing, and left alone on its way through

74.6

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
short delivery and Dilshan attempts a pull shot but plays right under it, smiling as he goes

So that's lunch on what's been Sri Lanka's short session, with England failing to get a wicket having missed several chances. The visitors, then, head into the break to regroup. Thanks for joining me this morning, do come back shortly when you will find the ship being steered by Will Luke.

End of over 75 (6 runs)
Sri Lanka 211/4

TM Dilshan45 (61b 7x4)

DPMD Jayawardene71 (194b 8x4)

MJ Hoggard18-3-73-0

PD Collingwood3-1-7-0

Harmison to open

Welcome back everyone, Will here. We're about five minutes from getting underway, and here come the batsmen. Vaughan leads out his men, chomping on what looks like something chocolatey. England, fair to say, do not look a happy bunch.

75.1

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
3 runs,
good length but a bit of a floater and Jayawardene clumps it, without really timing it, to long-on

75.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
short and a little wide of the off stump

Incidentallly England are second in the rankings, Sri Lanka fifth. If England lose this game, those rankings will be swapped. So there you go

75.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
short of a length again but a tighter line, and he steps back and across to punch it out to cover

75.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
2 runs,
poor delivery down the leg side, but neatly played by Dilshan who rode the bounce and clipped it smartly off his hip

75.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
defended on the back foot

75.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
he's hit him! I've got far too excited by that - Dilshan thought it was going to bounce more than it did, ducked into it and headed it into the back of the net. The net being the covers and he seems fine, too. No injury

End of over 76 (5 runs)
Sri Lanka 216/4

TM Dilshan47 (66b 7x4)

DPMD Jayawardene74 (195b 8x4)

SJ Harmison19-3-44-3

MJ Hoggard18-3-73-0

Here's Monty

76.1

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
smothered on the front foot

76.2

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
flatted on middle, defended

76.3

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
good line and length and he comes forward to block it out

76.4

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
a little wider but Jayawardene won't be tempted into driving

76.5

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
excellent line but very well played by Jayawardene, playing back late and defending this back to the bowler

76.6

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
short of a length, Jayawardene cuts rather aerially but short of backward point and perfectly safely

End of over 77 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 216/4

DPMD Jayawardene74 (201b 8x4)

TM Dilshan47 (66b 7x4)

MS Panesar15-2-31-0

SJ Harmison19-3-44-3

Big Steve Harmison has just the one slip

77.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 wide,
ooh he's bent his back there, a big bouncer and it leaps off the pitch with tennis-ball-like bounce. Very short indeed, and Prior does well to take it - leaping up high

77.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 no ball,
a no-ball which is cracked into the covers

77.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
fuller this time and a good line from Harmison. Dilshan aggressively smacks it back to the bowler who is desperate to throw down his stumps, but can't collect the ball and opts instead for a gnarly stare at him

77.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off, Dilshan just dropping his hands

77.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
too short and wide

77.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
wider of the crease this time and a much better line, spearing into Dilshan who defends

77.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 run,
flicked to mid-on; Bopara dives to stop and throws down the stumps as the batsmen take a sharp single. Terrific energy from Bopara. He missed, but still - excellent commitment

Mind you, Bopara's only just out of nappies. Of course he has energy

77.6

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
flicked down to fine-leg

End of over 78 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 220/4

DPMD Jayawardene75 (202b 8x4)

TM Dilshan48 (72b 7x4)

SJ Harmison20-3-48-3

MS Panesar15-2-31-0

Monty's around the wicket, as ever

78.1

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
fired in flat and fast, nudged to leg

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
a walking defensive, knocking it back to the bowler

78.4

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
another irritatingly short delivery which is cut past point for more easy runs

78.5

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off - the arm ball, I reckon. Prior says "aww"

78.6

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
confidently forward with a big lunge, pushing this wider ball out to cover

End of over 79 (3 runs)
Sri Lanka 223/4

TM Dilshan48 (74b 7x4)

DPMD Jayawardene78 (206b 8x4)

MS Panesar16-2-34-0

SJ Harmison20-3-48-3

79.1

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
calmly turned down to fine leg with a flick of the wrists

79.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
loose bouncer down the leg side which is ducked beneath comfortably

79.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
pushed to the leg side

79.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 leg bye,
and he's hit him again. A rather confident stroke from Dilshan who is hit on the helmet trying to pull. Again he jogs through for a single seemingly oblivious to, well, everything

79.5

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 leg bye,
ooh a huge appeal from Harmison who finds one to nip back sharply on the right hander. Harper is unmoved. Not a bad shout at all

79.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
an angry Harmison fires down a quick bouncer but it's down the leg side

End of over 80 (3 runs)
Sri Lanka 226/4

TM Dilshan48 (78b 7x4)

DPMD Jayawardene79 (208b 8x4)

SJ Harmison21-3-49-3

MS Panesar16-2-34-0

The new ball has been taken and Sidebottom has it in his grubby hands. Two slips and a fourth slip, backward point

80.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
Sidebottom starts with a stray down the leg side. Prior adopts it to his left

80.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
on his legs, turned through midwicket

80.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
2 leg byes,
the first sign of swing with the new cherry but, unfortunately for England, it swings down the leg side and is helped on its way by the pad of Dilshan

80.4

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
half a shout from Sidebottom - perhaps three-quarters of a shout, in fact - as he finds more big inswing to the right hander, but it's clearly going down the leg side

80.5

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
FOUR,
more swing, and very close to bowling him there. The ball bent back markedly on Dilshan who clamped down on it at the last moment, inside edging it past his leg stump and down to fine-leg

11 Test fifty for Dilshan on his return, 81 balls

80.6

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
what a jaffa - so good that it deserves an exclamation mark! A cracker, swinging and seaming back into Dilshan who is beaten all ends up, the ball missing his bat by an inch and flicking the top of his pad

Excellent over and encouraging movement with the new ball

End of over 81 (7 runs)
Sri Lanka 233/4

TM Dilshan52 (82b 8x4)

DPMD Jayawardene80 (210b 8x4)

RJ Sidebottom21-5-52-1

SJ Harmison21-3-49-3

It's 08.08am in the UK. Good morning and welcome. Here comes Hoggard, replacing Harmison, with the new ball. Hoggard jogs in but pulls out of his delivery stride...no damage or injury, he's just misplaced his feet (as it were)

81.1

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
swinging away from the right hander at the last minute. Touch too wide though

81.2

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
raps Jayawardene on the pads - England roar an appeal but it's going down the leg side. It looked plumb initially but replays prove Harper was on the money for that decision, Jayawardene saved by late inswing

81.3

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
away-swing this time which is left alone

81.4

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed out to cover off the back foot

81.5

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
swinging away from the right hander

81.6

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
left alone outside the off stump

End of over 82 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 233/4

DPMD Jayawardene80 (216b 8x4)

TM Dilshan52 (82b 8x4)

MJ Hoggard19-4-73-0

RJ Sidebottom21-5-52-1

82.1

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
2 runs,
a leg-stump line, nudged to midwicket

82.2

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
crikey, a huge wide from Sidebottom fired wide of the off stump

82.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
1 run,
dropped! england are having a mare in the field. A thick outside edge to Prior who dived to his right but only got a finger to it, palming into Bell's ankles at first slip. Oh dear

England really haven't helped their cause today. Catch after catch is being shelled

82.5

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
big indipping movement from Sidebottom - a cracking delivery which bends back on Dilshan. Prior, rather desperately you feel, roars an appeal. Sidebottom does not

82.6

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
nudged off the pad

End of over 83 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 237/4

TM Dilshan55 (87b 8x4)

DPMD Jayawardene81 (217b 8x4)

RJ Sidebottom22-5-56-1

MJ Hoggard19-4-73-0

83.1

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
wide of the off stump and left alone

83.2

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
oh well run. Dropped out to the off side and they scamper through for a very well-run single

182 balls for their hundred partnership. Well done them

83.3

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
excellent delivery on off stump which is cautiously defended

83.4

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
another beauty, straightening on Dilshan at the last moment who plays it very well, and late, blocking it out very solidly

83.5

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
lovely line outside off, holding its line and it's well left

83.6

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off

End of over 84 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 238/4

TM Dilshan55 (91b 8x4)

DPMD Jayawardene82 (219b 8x4)

MJ Hoggard20-4-74-0

RJ Sidebottom22-5-56-1

A couple of you have emailed in, deprived of exclamation marks, but I'm please to say Andrew can provide us with one. "There's a whale at a very, very deep extra cover!" he says. "As in a real, sea-faring, water-spouting whale."

84.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
cutting back into the right hander who defends

"It's just pottering," Miller says of the whale - no stranger to pottering himself, is young Miller - "along the coast in its big blubbery manner. Probably about 500 yards off the coast."

84.2

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
defended on the back foot

84.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
bending back into the right hander who leaves it alone outside his off stump

84.4

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
1 run,
swinging back into Jayawardene who blocks it out

84.5

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
left alone outside off

84.6

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed out to cover

End of over 85 (2 runs)
Sri Lanka 240/4

DPMD Jayawardene83 (222b 8x4)

TM Dilshan56 (94b 8x4)

RJ Sidebottom23-5-58-1

MJ Hoggard20-4-74-0

85.1

Hoggard to Dilshan,
2 leg byes,
down the leg side and turned to leg

85.2

Hoggard to Dilshan,
FOUR,
horrid delivery, down the leg side and elegantly flicked through midwicket

85.3

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
great comeback from Hoggard who produces a beauty, swinging away at the last moment and beating him

85.4

Hoggard to Dilshan,
2 runs,
Dilshan's been hit on the helmet again. He loves it - it's clearly a tactic

85.5

Hoggard to Dilshan,
1 run,
oh that's so annoying for England as he drops this out to cover for a single

85.6

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
dropped to leg for another single

End of over 86 (9 runs)
Sri Lanka 249/4

DPMD Jayawardene83 (223b 8x4)

TM Dilshan63 (99b 9x4)

MJ Hoggard21-4-81-0

RJ Sidebottom23-5-58-1

86.1

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
bounce and movement back into the right hander who tucks his bat inside the line

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
3 runs,
beautifully driven on the front foot to extra cover. Alastair Cook gives chase and his hat falls off. Gnasher reckons that should be five, as the ball hit it...and he's right too

End of over 87 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 253/4

DPMD Jayawardene86 (227b 8x4)

TM Dilshan64 (101b 9x4)

RJ Sidebottom24-5-62-1

MJ Hoggard21-4-81-0

87.1

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
tries to pull this but decided to leave it alone

87.2

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
tucks his bat behind the pad

87.3

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
splendid away swing but again too wide

87.4

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
this cuts back on the right hander but it's still wide enough to be left alone

87.5

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
3 runs,
angled down to third man

87.6

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
too wide and it cuts wider still

End of over 88 (3 runs)
Sri Lanka 256/4

TM Dilshan64 (102b 9x4)

DPMD Jayawardene89 (232b 8x4)

MJ Hoggard22-4-84-0

RJ Sidebottom24-5-62-1

88.1

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
going across, left alone to the keeper

88.2

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
another cracker from Sidebottom, jags back at Jayawardene and cuts him in half...an appeal from Prior but it only took the thigh pad, still no luck for Sidebottom

88.3

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
pushed across the batsman again, left alone

88.4

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
slightly closer to off stump, Jayawardene feels for it but doesn't make contact

88.5

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
swinging down the leg side, Prior skips across to take

88.6

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
on middle and leg, punched to midwicket and that's drinks

End of over 89 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 256/4

DPMD Jayawardene89 (238b 8x4)

TM Dilshan64 (102b 9x4)

RJ Sidebottom25-6-62-1

MJ Hoggard22-4-84-0

89.1

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
outside off, swinging away and left alone

89.2

Hoggard to Dilshan,
no run,
down the leg side and it takes a glove from Dilshan, Prior leaps to his left and pouches it one-handed and keeps hold as he tumbles to the floor...but Daryl Harper hasn't given it, and England can't quite believe it

89.3

Hoggard to Dilshan,
1 run,
jabbed into the leg side

89.4

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
full and outside off stump, makes a late decision to let it go

89.5

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
again in the channel outside off stump, a well judged leave

89.6

Hoggard to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
brings a drive this time, but not timed and rolls to mid-on

End of over 90 (1 run)
Sri Lanka 257/4

DPMD Jayawardene89 (241b 8x4)

TM Dilshan65 (105b 9x4)

MJ Hoggard23-4-85-0

RJ Sidebottom25-6-62-1

90.1

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off

"Prior's been exceptional diving to his left in this series," Andrew says. "He took another screamer at Kandy that wasn't given out. But diving to his right ... he's had two misses here, and three in the India series."

90.2

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
too wide and left alone

90.3

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
no run,
better delivery this time, bending back into the batsman who is forced to defend

It really was a belting catch from Prior, diving full length to his left. "All remarkably similar," says Andrew, "and four of them off Sidebottom. I have been geeking."

90.4

Sidebottom to Dilshan,
1 leg bye,
drifting down the leg side and clipped to fine leg

90.5

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
firmly blocked out on the front foot

90.6

Sidebottom to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
too wide, left alone. Next

End of over 91 (1 run, maiden)
Sri Lanka 258/4

DPMD Jayawardene89 (243b 8x4)

TM Dilshan65 (109b 9x4)

RJ Sidebottom26-7-62-1

MJ Hoggard23-4-85-0

Harmison's back into the attack

91.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 run,
drifting down the leg side and clipped to deep square leg. Monty fields with typical lamb-like exuberance

91.2

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
wide enough of the off stump to be left alone

91.3

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
much fuller length but again the batsman can leave this comfortably alone

91.4

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
FOUR,
driven in the air but past gully and down to third man. Again, Jayawardene didn't really get to the pitch of the delivery but...with such a good eye, he controlled it sufficiently

91.5

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
a beauty from Harmison who cannot believe his misfortune. Cutting back into the right hander who left it alone at the last minute - very nearly losing his off bail in the process

91.6

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
tighter line again - good bowling, this, and it's cut out to cover

End of over 92 (5 runs)
Sri Lanka 263/4

DPMD Jayawardene93 (248b 9x4)

TM Dilshan66 (110b 9x4)

SJ Harmison22-3-54-3

RJ Sidebottom26-7-62-1

Ravi's into the attack. That's Ravi Bopara

92.1

Bopara to Dilshan,
no run,
good start, swinging into the right hander who defends

92.2

Bopara to Dilshan,
no run,
swinging into the right hander who nudges to leg

92.3

Bopara to Dilshan,
no run,
swinging down the leg side and he tries to whip it to midwicket but can't time it

92.4

Bopara to Dilshan,
no run,
nice line and length - and quicker too. An excellent delivery from Bopara. Left alone but that's the length from Bopara

92.5

Bopara to Dilshan,
3 runs,
too easy for the batsman, on a leg-stump line and easily nudged for a single

92.6

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
flicked off his pads and Prior makes an excellent, diving save to his left

End of over 93 (3 runs)
Sri Lanka 266/4

DPMD Jayawardene93 (249b 9x4)

TM Dilshan69 (115b 9x4)

RS Bopara3-0-9-0

SJ Harmison22-3-54-3

93.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
left alone outside off

93.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
1 run,
again, not really the right line - on leg stump and nudged off the pad

93.3

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
too full; too wide of the off stump and easily ignored

Good grief. Come on Harmy

93.4

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
miles wide of the off stump

Hurrah. Fatima has emailed. "England should badly win this match," she says.
"Who wants Sri Lanka to win? England is the best team in the world." Hmm.

93.5

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
oh this is Harmy back to his disappointing best. Miles down the leg side

93.6

Harmison to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
cor, ripper of a delivery rapping him on the knuckles. That's more like it. Jayawardene fends to leg

End of over 94 (2 runs)
Sri Lanka 268/4

DPMD Jayawardene94 (253b 9x4)

TM Dilshan70 (117b 9x4)

SJ Harmison23-3-56-3

RS Bopara3-0-9-0

Right here's Bopara

94.1

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
outside off, guided to cover

94.2

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
well bowled! He plays and misses at this wider delivery outside the off stump - excellent, clever bowling

94.3

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
and another, drags him forward and he plays and misses

94.4

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
a touch of bounce here which spits on the batsman who fends it away

94.5

Bopara to Dilshan,
2 runs,
right up in the blockhole, it's crunched out to cover. Monty runs round like a ballerina on ice - looks rather slippery on the outfield, either that or he's auditioning for Strictly Come Dancing

94.6

Bopara to Dilshan,
1 run,
too short, pulled to midwicket but without really timing it

End of over 95 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 272/4

TM Dilshan73 (119b 9x4)

DPMD Jayawardene95 (257b 9x4)

RS Bopara4-0-13-0

SJ Harmison23-3-56-3

95.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
horrid, misdirected bouncer down the leg side

95.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
gentle pace outside off, left alone

95.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
quicker this time, and a much fuller length. Clobbered to mid-on

95.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
on his legs, again punched to mid-on, again he can't find the gap

This is redefining tedium

95.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
wide, wide, wide of the off stump and left alone. Couldn't have reached it with a telescopic bat

95.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
a swing and a miss. Had he connected, that was headed for the ocean

End of over 96 (maiden)
Sri Lanka 272/4

TM Dilshan73 (125b 9x4)

DPMD Jayawardene95 (257b 9x4)

SJ Harmison24-4-56-3

RS Bopara4-0-13-0

96.1

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
a little too wide, again

96.2

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
left alone

96.3

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
3 runs,
angled down to third man

96.4

Bopara to Dilshan,
1 run,
nudged into the covers

96.5

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
wide, and swinging wider still

96.6

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
no run,
better line this time on the off stump and it's firmly blocked out

End of over 97 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 276/4

DPMD Jayawardene98 (262b 9x4)

TM Dilshan74 (126b 9x4)

RS Bopara5-0-17-0

SJ Harmison24-4-56-3

97.1

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
another leg-side bouncer

97.2

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
short and much too wide

97.3

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
guided out to cover

97.4

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
down the leg side

97.5

Harmison to Dilshan,
no run,
he shapes to play at this but instead watches it sail past

97.6

Harmison to Dilshan,
FOUR,
that's a heck of a shot! He has absolutely cracked this, on the up, through the covers for four. Steve Waugh-esque

Talking of grizzly Australians, here's Jennifer. Aw, mate! That Will, he's a card. Here's Panesar back into the attack.

End of over 98 (4 runs)
Sri Lanka 280/4

TM Dilshan78 (132b 10x4)

DPMD Jayawardene98 (262b 9x4)

SJ Harmison25-4-60-3

RS Bopara5-0-17-0

98.1

Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene,
1 run,
tucked off the legs to bring up his... 99

98.2

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
oh, pushed it past the pad, Dilshan padding up but missing

98.3

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
outside off, curves wider, padded up again

98.4

Panesar to Dilshan,
2 runs,
paddled round off the legs, a fine (positionally, and delicate) sweep out to Harmison

98.5

Panesar to Dilshan,
FOUR,
oh, another chance again, that would have been an incredible reaction catch in between first and second slip. That raced away, the fielder had little chance

"It's in the air again though, boys," is what I'd say if I were out there

98.6

Panesar to Dilshan,
no run,
turned round the corner

Bopara's now back on, a change of ends for him so he finds himself at the Fort End

End of over 99 (7 runs)
Sri Lanka 287/4

TM Dilshan84 (137b 11x4)

DPMD Jayawardene99 (263b 9x4)

MS Panesar17-2-41-0

SJ Harmison25-4-60-3

99.1

Bopara to DPMD Jayawardene,
OUT,
push down off the back foot towards the slips and Dilshan sets off like lightning... but Jayawardene will have to wait to see if he's made his hundred as an underarm shy from Cook could have run him out. There's a long delay in fact because it's such a tight call, and different angles are being called for. And that's out! Poor Dilshan, trying to get Jayawardene to the hundred and misses out on the chance for his own. Incidentally, Rauf wasn't square on to that, he was standing just forward of square leg

TM Dilshan run out 84 (218m 137b 11x4 0x6) SR: 61.31

So Jayawardene still in sight of his hundred, while the bowlers are still yet to get a wicket today. It's Prasanna Jayawardene, no relation, to bat now.

99.2

Bopara to HAPW Jayawardene,
no run,
presses down a solid forward defence first up

99.3

Bopara to HAPW Jayawardene,
no run,
driven back to the bowler this time

99.4

Bopara to HAPW Jayawardene,
OUT,
Bopara strikes! This is his first Test wicket, and it's a good one, Prasanna has troubled England this series

HAPW Jayawardene c †Prior b Bopara 0 (1m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

So often one brings two. The players head off, which must mean it's tea and England will be happier now heading into the break, while Jayawardene has to wait on for his century.

Right then, we're ready to roll again, hope you are too. Bopara to finish off the two balls remaining in this over.

99.5

Bopara to Vaas,
no run,
pushed across the left hander, left alone

99.6

Bopara to Vaas,
no run,
straight and ran on to him a touch faster than he was expecting, a late jab

Sidebottom back into the attack to niggle away at the new batsman, but first it's Jayawardene